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单词 misspend
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misspend
verb[T]
uk
/ˌmɪsˈspend/us
/ˌmɪsˈspend/
misspent
to usetimeormoneyin a way thatwastesit or is notwise:
滥用；乱花；浪费
We muststoppublicmoneybeing misspent in this way.我们必须制止公款被这样滥用。
Being a goodpoolplayeris usually asignof a misspentyouth.台球打得好通常也是虚度青春的标志。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Paying money
  • advance
  • ante up (something)
  • balance
  • burn a hole insomeone'spocketidiom
  • chargeable
  • co-finance
  • compensate
  • congestion charge
  • cough
  • foot
  • lash
  • pay top dollaridiom
  • payer
  • ransom
  • settle up
  • shortchange
  • sink intosomething
  • spender
  • splash out(something)
  • spring forsomething
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

Spending time & time passing
Using and misusing
Wasting
(Definition ofmisspendfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmisspend

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The problem is that of a minority of local authorities misspending public moneys for overtly or directly political purposes.
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Those frauds cost some billions of pounds in terms of the money that is taken from people or misspent.
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Perhaps even more worryingly, retrospective legislation may replace money that has been misappropriated, misspent or otherwise wasted.
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It is not always the case, however, that administrative expenditure is misspent.
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This is all money which is misspent annually.
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We will consult as to what those circumstances should be, but the power is designed to recover money which has been misspent.
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These jaundiced reflections of a misspent youth have no historical justification.
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If wemisspendit, it is not the private companies which are responsible but ourselves.
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Finally, we have to say to ourselves that we are elected to represent ordinary people and it is their money that is being misspent.
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We have heard about misspent resources, lack of investment, low rate of return on capital, defective legal mechanisms, inflation and other blinding statistics.
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I do not think that any money spent on propaganda is misspent.
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Because we have dealt with them so slowly—as set out in the misspent youth report—the whole system has fallen into disrepute with such people.
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It would only be in order to retrieve what had been misspent that the money would be demanded back.
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The whole point is to try to get back the money that was misspent.
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That is the product of a misspent youth.
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